Ch. Farewell, we can't take it amiss, because you don't leave a Shoulder of Mutton for a Sheep's-Head, but go from Friends to a better Friend.
Er. And I in like Manner return you my Thanks, that you have been so kind as to invite me to this most pleasant Entertainment. My very good Friends, fare ye well. Drink heartily, and live merrily.
Ch. Soho, Dromo. You, all of you, have sitten still a good While. Does any Body please to have any Thing else?
Gu. Nothing at all. We have eat very plentifully.
Ch. Then take away these Things, and set on the Desert. Change the Trenchers and the Plates. Take up my Knife that is fallen down. Pour some Wine over the Pears. Here are some early ripe Mulberries that grew in my own Garden.
Gu. They will be the better for being of your own Growth.
Ch. Here are some wheaten Plumbs: See, here are Damascens, a rare Sight with us: See, here are mellow Apples; and here is a new Sort of an Apple, the Stock of which I set with my own Hands; and Chestnuts, and all Kinds of Delicacies, which our Gardens produce plentifully.
Au. But here are no Flowers.
Ch. They are French Entertainments, who love that Sort of Splendor most that costs least; but that is not my Humour.
Au. 'Tis not only among Frenchmen that you will find those that love what is of little Cost.